Bubba Howell
Apr 25, 2006
Bubba Howell- 56 Of Lakeland passed away Tuesday April 25, 2006 after a lengthy illness in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital. He was born September 6, 1949 in Lowndes County, Georgia to the late LeRoy & Gloria Parrish Howell. He worked with the City of Lakeland Water & Sewer Department for many years. He was Baptist by faith and was...
Wilburn Billy Dent
Apr 24, 2006
Billy Dent – 61 Of Lakeland passed away early Monday morning April 24, 2006 at his residence following an apparent heart attack. He was born in Lanier County, GA and had lived in Lakeland most of his life. He was preceded in death by his parents Eston Dent and Clois Durrance Crosby. He was a self-employed mechanic by trade before...
Steven Wayne Heard
Apr 23, 2006
Steven Wayne Heard – 48 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday, April 23, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born on November 5, 1957 in Macon, GA to the late Cecil Merlin & Martha Jane Heard. He was Baptist by faith. Mr. Heard is preceded in death by his brother, David Heard. Survivors Include:Brother & Sister-in-law, Michael...
Franklin Alzona Cannon
Apr 23, 2006
Franklin Alzona Cannon 72 Of Ray City, passed away early Sunday, April 23, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born August 11, 1933 in Levy County, FL to the late A.C. and Ellen Cannon. Mr. Cannon served in the Korean War and was a mechanic and heavy equipment operator by trade. Other than his parents, his...
Dale Elaine Hodges
Apr 19, 2006
Dale Elaine Hodges – 54 Of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2006 and joined our Lord in heaven after a courageous battle with melanoma skin cancer. Mrs. Hodges was born on January 9, 1952 in Coral Gables, Florida. A former resident of Ray City, she was united in marriage on August, 18, 1984 to Tsgt Ret Gary...
Estelle Bailey
Apr 19, 2006
Estelle Bailey – 78 Of Lakeland passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2006 at her residence after brief illness. She was born August 13, 1927 in Indian River County, Florida to the W.H. & Alice Hudson Cone. Mrs. Bailey was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert H. Bailey and a son,...
Sadie Mae Sammons
Apr 17, 2006
Mrs. Sadie Sammons- 92 Of Ray City, Georgia passed away Monday, April 17, 2006 from a lengthy illness at her daughter residence in Lakeland. She was born March 13, 1914 in Johnson County, Georgia to the late Jim & Pearl Gibson Davis. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ray City, a member of the Woodmen of...
Otto Irby
Apr 16, 2006
Otto Irby – 81 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday, April 16, 2006 in South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born on March 19, 1925 in Midville, Georgia to the late Oliver Wright & Anthea Beckworth Irby. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Irby worked with Owens-Illinois Paper Mill for 40...
John Paul Strickland
Apr 14, 2006
John Paul Strickland – 64 Of Berrien County, Georgia passed away early Friday morning April 14, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was born on March 31, 1942 to the late Holman Harges & Elizabeth Taylor Strickland in Coffee County, Georgia. He lived most of his life in Berrien County, Georgia. Mr. Strickland retired from the United...
Clifford Junior Johnson
Apr 10, 2006
Clifford Johnson, 81, of Valdosta, passed away April 10, 2006 at South Georgia Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mr. Johnson was born December 7, 1924 in Waycross, Georgia to the late Herman David Johnson and Ellie Boyette Johnson Peacock. After graduating from Waycross High School, he married the late Lee Annie Fish Johnson in 1946 and was married 56...
Leonard Terry
Apr 8, 2006
Leonard Terry - 77 Of Valdosta, passed away early Saturday Morning April 8, 2006 in the Holy Hill Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. He was born March 16, 1929 in Cook County to the late Mary Rosetta Terry. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Mr. Terry attended the Rosedale Church of God. His sister...
Wendy Barrentine Andrade
Apr 6, 2006
Wendy Barrentine Andrade -31 Of Hahira, passed away in the Louis Smith Memorial Hospital in Lakeland, following an accident at work.. Ms. Andrade was born March 24, 1975 in Lowndes County to Frank L. and the late Marilyn Spicer Barrentine. She was employed at Patten Seed Company in Lakeland, GA for many years, and attended the Rosedale Church of God...
Larry Koutz
Apr 5, 2006
Larry Koutz -55 Of Valdosta passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2006 in the Savannah Memorial Hospital. He was born in Columbus, Ohio to the late Fleetwood and Evelyn Koutz. He lived in Columbus until joining the United States Air Force where he served for 10 years. While serving in the Air Force he became a Pilot. He continued his love...
Thelma Zeigler Culpepper
Mar 29, 2006
Thelma Zeigler Culpepper – 77 Of Valdosta passed away early Wednesday morning March 29, 2006 in the Langdale Place. She was born in Atkinson County, Ga. on February 10, 1929. Mrs. Culpepper lived in Stockton for many years before moving to Valdosta where she has lived for the past 20 years. She was a member of the Forrest Street Church...
Elaine Hall Hampton
Mar 28, 2006
Elaine Hall Hampton Elaine Hall Hampton, 58, of Lakeland, passed away early Saturday morning, March 25, 2006, in Louis Smith Memorial Hospital, after a sudden illness. Mrs. Hampton was born Feb. 4, 1948, in Lanier County to the late James A. and Katie Lou Hall. She was a pre-school teacher for many years. Mrs. Hampton was a member of Lakeland...
Margie Murray Tyre
Mar 27, 2006
Margie Murray Tyre- 81 Of Valdosta passed away Monday, March 27, 2006 in the Fellowship Home after a lengthy illness. She was born on September 21, 1924 in Wayne County, GA to the late Thomas McKinley and Gladys Horne Murray. She grew up in Jesup where she graduated from Jesup High School, married Royce “Bo” Tyre, and raised her children....
Lowell Cowart
Mar 26, 2006
Mrs. Lowell Snipes Cowart -90 Of Valdosta, passed away early Sunday March 26, 2006 morning in South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. Mrs. Cowart was born July 6, 1915, in Berrien County to the late William and Lizzie Purvis Spell. Mrs. Cowart retired from the Valdosta City School system. She loved flowers and working in her garden. She...
Wallace L. Griffis, Sr.
Mar 22, 2006
Wallace L. Griffis, Sr. – 60 Of Live Oak, Florida passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born on June 22, 1945 in Clinch County, GA to the late Dewey & Jewell Griffis. He was Baptist by faith. He was preceded in death by an infant daughter. Survivors include: Daughter Robin Ballard...
Herman Knight Guthrie
Mar 19, 2006
Herman Knight Guthrie – 72 Of Valdosta passed away Sunday Morning, March 19, 2006 at his residence after a brief illness. He was born in Winter Haven, FL on November 3, 1933 to the late Herman Brown and Agnes Knight Guthrie. At an early age he and his family moved to Ray City where he lived until his graduation from...
J. Madison Bargeron
Mar 17, 2006
J. Madison Bargeron - 62 Of Valdosta passed away early Friday morning March 17, 2006 in South Georgia Medical Center after a brief illness. He was born February 2, 1944 in Walton County, Fl. to the late Joe and Julia Bargeron. Mr. Bargeron worked with Dependable Upholstery for many years before his retirement and was Baptist by faith. He was...
